Awning.



W. SULLIVAN.

AWNING.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 26, 1908.

Patented May 4, 1909 WWW v5 WITNESSES l1 TTORNE V 8 THE Mom": PETERS C04, WASHINGTON, v. c.

UNITED STAllELa WILLIAM SULLIVAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

AWNING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filecl September 26, 1908. Serial No. 454,838.

To all 1071 am it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILLlAM SULLlVAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of the Bronx, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Awning, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

lily invention relates to awnings, my more particular purpose being to produce a type of awning suitable for stores, dwellings, and the like, such awning being provided with means whereby it may be connected at one of its ends with one of the sashes, and at its other end with a frame pivotally supported upon the window jamb.

My invention further relates to means whereby the awning may be read ily removed from its fastenings and replaced therein, and may also be thrown. out of action by a movement of the window sash with which it is associated.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a window having a sash and jamb upon which my improved awning is supported; Fig. 2 is a substantially central horizontal section through the jamb, and shows in plan my improved awning, and Fig. 8 is a perspective of the spider used for controlling the outer or lower end of the wning.

The jamb is shown at 4, the upper or outer sash at 5 and the inner or lower sash. at 6.

At 7 is shown the awning cloth, which may be of canvas, duck, or other material suitable for the purpose. The awning cloth is secured by aid of fastenings 6"- to the lower portion of the sash 6 and is also secured at its outer end to a fiat bar 8.

Two eye-bolts 9 are secured u )011 opposite sides of the jamb 1 and partially support a spider made of wire. This spider is provided with arms 10, each having an eye 11., having" an elongated opening or slot 12 through which an eye-bolt 9 may be extended. An eye 13, made by bending a short piece of wire, is connected with the spider 10. Two arms 14 are also connected with the eye 13, and are provided at their outer ends with hooks 15, the tips 16 of which are turned slightly outward, as will be understood from Fig. 1. A cord 17 is connected with the eye 13 and extends through an eye 18 carried by the sash 6. This cord is provided with a depending ortion 19, which may be drawnv downwardly by hand. The spider-arms 10 and arms 14 can easily be made by two pieces of wire twisted together so as to form a coil 20. This makes a strong but elastic construction.

The operation of my device is as follows: The parts being connected as indicated in Fig. 1, the spider may be raised or lowered by pulling upon or releasing the portion 19 of the cord 17. By raising the spider, the eyes 11 may be sprung inward slightly and thus raised from the eye-bolts 9. This, however, can only take place while the spider is substantially vertical. The rod 8 is secured to the outer ends of the arms 14 by being pushed downwardly into the hooks 15, as indicated in Fig. 1. The length of the awning cloth 7 is such that the cloth presents the proper angle desirable for an awning, when ever the sash 6 is in its raised position, and when this occurs the spider is horizontal.

I do not limit myself to the precise arrangement herein shown and described, nor to any particular materials to be employed in making the device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. he combination of a jamb, a sash movable relatively thereto and adapted to be raised above a predetermined point, a supporting member pivotally mounted upon said jamb, an awning cloth connected with said sash, means for connecting said awning cloth with said supporting member so that movements of said sash may actuate said awning cloth, a flexible connection secured to said supporting member for the purpose of raising the same when said sash is raised above said predetermined point, and a guiding member for said flexible connection, said guiding member being mounted upon said sash.

2. As an article of manufacture, a supporting member made of wire and including arms each bent so as to form an eye, said arms being twisted together and bent outwardly so as to form U-shaped portions for engaging the ends of a rod.

3. As an article of manufacture, a supporting member made of wire and comprising i name to this specification in the presence of arms terminating inleyies, said armls being two subscribing witnesses. twisted to ether anr (ivergin {LDC bein 1 r Y bent into i-shaped form, and an eye (mi i ILLIA SULLLVAN 5 nected with said arms adjacent to the point Viitnesses:

where they are twisted together, TIMOTHY POWER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my BERNARD LAVIN. 

